Sharad Purnima 2028: Monday, 2 October 2028

Sharad Purnima in 2028 falls on Monday, 2 October 2028. It is kept on the Purnima of amanta Ashwina.

Why Sharad Purnima Is on 2 October in 2028

The Purnima begins at 19:34 on 2 October 2028 and ends at 21:54 on 3 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Sharad Purnima tests the tithi at nishita, the middle of the night (“tithi at nishita kaal”).

On 2 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 18:05 at New Delhi. The Purnima is not running at sunrise on 2 October 2028; it begins at 19:34, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Sharad Purnima is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.

In 2028 the Purnima lasts 26 hours 20 minutes, against 21 hours 45 minutes in 2026 and 24 hours 28 minutes in 2027: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 11 hours 51 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Purnima ends at the full moon itself, 21:54 on 3 October 2028, with the Moon in Pisces and Revati.

When the Purnima begins, the Moon is in Uttara Bhadrapada, ruled by Saturn.

Sharad Purnima in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Sharad Purnima 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Sharad Purnima 2027. Between Sharad Purnima 2027 and Sharad Purnima 2028 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.

Moonrise on 2 October 2028, by City

Moonrise from the generated 2028 table for each city, in IST. It moves with longitude and latitude, so a town between two of these cities falls between their times.

In the 2028 table Sharad Purnima comes 5 days after Maha Navami and 5 days before Karva Chauth.

Within six days of Sharad Purnima in 2028: Durga Ashtami (26 September), Dussehra (27 September), Maha Navami (27 September) and Karva Chauth (7 October).

Related

Every 2028 festival is on the festival dates page, and the year before in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Sharad Purnima 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.